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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
57.0%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
7.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 57.0% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 11.1%.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 3,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 57.0% 2010 down 20.3% rising
2 Lesotho 44.9% 2010 down 23.9% rising
3 Cambodia 43.5% 2010 up 33.4% rising
4 El Salvador 41.0% 2010 up 21.5% rising
5 Myanmar 40.7% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
6 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 40.2% 2010 up 28.3% rising
7 Uganda 37.5% 2010 up 12.0% rising
8 Malawi 36.7% 2010 up 0.7% rising
9 Haiti 36.5% 2010 up 56.1% volatile
10 Mauritius 34.5% 2010 down 19.7% rising
11 Honduras 33.5% 2010 down 9.4% rising
11 Maldives 33.5% 2010 up 213.5% rising
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 31.2% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
14 Paraguay 30.8% 2010 down 19.5% falling
15 Nicaragua 29.4% 2010 down 6.6% rising
16 Kuwait 29.3% 2010 up 138.5% volatile
17 Rwanda 28.2% 2010 up 12.2% volatile
18 Cameroon 27.9% 2010 up 63.7% rising
19 Guatemala 25.8% 2010 down 7.2% rising
20 Namibia 25.7% 2010 down 15.7% rising
21 Dominican Republic 25.2% 2010 down 55.4% rising
22 Indonesia 24.3% 2010 down 4.8% rising
23 Algeria 24.1% 2010 up 32.6% rising
24 Qatar 23.7% 2010 up 450.8% volatile
25 Zambia 23.2% 2010 up 1.1% falling
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.2% 2010 up 4.9% rising
27 Kenya 22.0% 2010 up 17.8% rising
28 Zimbabwe 21.2% 2010 down 38.3% falling
29 Tunisia 20.0% 2010 up 90.2% volatile
30 Viet Nam 19.4% 2010 down 37.5% flat
31 Guyana 19.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
32 Gabon 18.6% 2010 up 19.4% rising
33 South Africa 18.5% 2010 down 18.7% rising
34 Ecuador 18.0% 2010 down 22.1% falling
35 Mexico 17.9% 2010 down 37.7% falling
36 Philippines 16.9% 2010 down 20.2% falling
37 Libya 16.6% 2010 down 3.5% rising
38 Fiji 16.1% 2010 down 11.4% falling
39 Mauritania 15.5% 2010 down 8.3% falling
40 Peru 15.4% 2010 down 34.1% falling
41 Brazil 15.0% 2010 down 40.6% falling
42 Saudi Arabia 14.8% 2010 up 5.3% rising
43 Afghanistan 14.5% 2010 up 24.8% volatile
44 Congo 14.2% 2010 down 18.5% rising
45 Eswatini 13.6% 2010 down 14.2% rising
46 United Arab Emirates 13.6% 2010 up 24.9% volatile
47 Iraq 13.2% 2010 up 97.2% volatile
48 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.6% 2010 down 50.5% rising
49 Costa Rica 12.4% 2010 down 44.0% falling
50 Central African Republic 12.2% 2010 up 14.2% rising
51 Burundi 11.8% 2010 down 1.3% volatile
52 Syrian Arab Republic 11.7% 2010 down 68.6% rising
53 Macau, China 11.3% 2010 down 32.9% falling
54 Jamaica 11.3% 2010 down 54.1% falling
54 Papua New Guinea 11.3% 2010 up 0.2% rising
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.0% 2010 down 45.7% falling
57 Argentina 10.9% 2010 down 25.9% falling
58 China 10.6% 2010 down 47.1% rising
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.0% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
60 Côte d'Ivoire 9.9% 2010 up 12.7% volatile
61 Senegal 9.8% 2010 down 20.1% falling
62 Chile 9.5% 2010 down 75.0% falling
63 Nepal 9.2% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
64 Panama 9.0% 2010 down 45.2% falling
65 Malaysia 8.6% 2010 down 35.9% falling
66 Uruguay 8.5% 2010 down 60.2% falling
67 Sri Lanka 8.4% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
68 Iceland 8.0% 2010 down 27.4% falling
69 Morocco 7.7% 2010 up 67.0% volatile
70 Mozambique 7.6% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
71 Sierra Leone 7.4% 2010 up 113.6% volatile
72 Togo 7.2% 2010 down 25.5% rising
73 Egypt 7.1% 2010 down 21.7% volatile
74 Benin 6.9% 2010 down 7.1% rising
75 Bahrain 6.8% 2010 up 4.8% rising
76 Barbados 6.7% 2010 down 39.5% falling
77 New Zealand 6.6% 2010 down 19.5% falling
78 Jordan 6.2% 2010 down 33.4% rising
79 Singapore 5.7% 2010 down 38.5% flat
80 Türkiye 5.4% 2010 down 49.2% falling
81 Mali 5.2% 2010 up 33.8% volatile
81 Mongolia 5.2% 2010 down 50.7% volatile
83 Niger 4.9% 2010 up 25.3% falling
84 Botswana 4.8% 2010 down 57.1% falling
85 Austria 4.6% 2010 down 39.0% volatile
86 Luxembourg 4.6% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
87 Ghana 4.5% 2010 up 0.7% falling
88 Cuba 3.9% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
89 Belgium 3.7% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
90 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.6% 2010 down 57.8% volatile
91 Hong Kong, China 3.6% 2010 down 52.7% falling
92 Spain 3.6% 2010 down 50.6% falling
93 Liberia 3.5% 2010 up 48.7% rising
94 Australia 3.5% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
95 Brunei Darussalam 3.2% 2010 down 65.3% falling
95 India 3.2% 2010 down 50.3% falling
97 Sudan 3.0% 2010 down 60.8% flat
98 Trinidad and Tobago 3.0% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
99 Ireland 2.7% 2010 down 63.8% volatile
100 Romania 2.7% 2010 down 71.3% volatile
101 Pakistan 2.6% 2010 up 68.4% falling
102 Tonga 2.1% 2010 down 79.7% volatile
103 Israel 1.9% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
104 Bangladesh 1.8% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
105 Gambia 1.6% 2010 up 7.5% rising
106 Japan 1.5% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
107 Canada 1.4% 2010 down 64.5% volatile
108 Netherlands 1.4% 2010 down 31.5% volatile
109 France 1.1% 2010 down 82.5% volatile
110 Yemen 1.1% 2010 up 3,500.0% volatile
111 Cyprus 0.8% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
112 United States of America 0.7% 2010 down 18.2% volatile
113 Republic of Korea 0.6% 2010 down 43.8% falling
114 Switzerland 0.6% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
115 Sweden 0.5% 2010 down 88.5% volatile
116 Russian Federation 0.5% 2010 down 49.5% volatile
117 Greece 0.5% 2010 down 82.8% volatile
118 Germany 0.4% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
119 Bulgaria 0.4% 2010 down 90.7% volatile
120 Hungary 0.2% 2010 down 51.9% volatile
121 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 70.9% volatile
122 Croatia 0.2% 2010 down 81.7% volatile
122 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 up 4.8% volatile
124 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 95.6% volatile
126 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 96.3% volatile
127 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 44.0% volatile
128 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
129 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 94.3% volatile
130 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 94.3% volatile
131 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 84.0% volatile
132 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
133 Malta 0.1% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
133 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
136 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
137 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
137 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
137 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
140 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Italy 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
140 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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